Citation

Basu A, Paltiel AD, Pollack HA. Health Econ. 2008; 17(8): 927-946.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/hec.1305

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Reduced crime provides a key benefit associated with substance abuse treatment (SAT). Armed robbery is an especially costly and frequent crime committed by some drug-involved offenders. Many studies employ valuation methods that understate the true costs of robbery, and thus the true social benefits of SAT-related robbery reduction. At the same time, regression to the mean and self-report bias may lead pre–post comparisons to overstate crime reductions associated with SAT.